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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the U.S., overruling the "separate bu equal" principle set forth in the 1895 Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Murder of Emmett Till
-14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting family.
-Accused of whistling at a white woman.
-Roy Bry & J.E. Milann, kidnapped, beat, shot, killed, & then threw Emmett's body in the river.
-Maime Till, Emmett's mother, had an open casket funeral.
-Both men stood trial, & found not guilty. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
-Rosa Parks refused to move seats & she is later then arrested.
-Bus boycott later begins and last 381 days.
-Martin Luther King emerges as the leader of the bus boycott 1st large scale demonstration non violent in the U.S. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
-Started after the bus boycott to organize protest
-MLK was elected as President of it.
-Organized protest around the south to coordinate events, such as: Greensboro sit ins, March on Washington & Selma.
-After MLK's assassination it declines.
-This still exists today. -
Little Rock Nine
-Testing Brown v. Board of Education decision.
-Nine students were vetted to undergo this test.
-Airborne escorted students to class.
-Following year all Public Schools closed in 1958.
-Aug 29th, 1959 - schools reopened. -
Greensboro Sit ins
4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth's to be served. They were refused service, continued to "sit-in" and others joined, the protest spread to other towns & forced change. -
Freedom Riders
2 weeks bus trip to the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow Laws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned & riders beaten by the KKK. November 1st, 1961 - white & colored sings are removed from the bus stations & lunch counters. -
March on Washington
. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln Memorial. MLK was the last to speak, & gave his "I Have A Dream Speech" -
Civil right act 1964
It prevented racial discrimination and segregation based on race,color,religion, or national origin in private business or facilities -
Assassination of Malcom X
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam
. He wanted to believe in themselves and start their own business. He was shot 21 times. Thomas hogan convicted of the killing. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
600 students March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They wales 54 miles & were stopped at the bridge. Seen on national television. LBJ order the passage of 1964 voting right law. March 2nd took place March 21-24 days with 25,000 Marchers including MLK. -
Voting rights Act 1965
Ending the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Striking sanitation workers protest in Memphis, he went back to the motel. He was shot in the lower right side of his face with a rifle. James Earl Ray was sentenced to 19 years. His death marks the end of the civil rights.